When I was a child we used to say (or adults would say) that something was absolute bunkum.... meaning it was absolute nonsense/rubbish. We thought that a lot of the stuff in our history books was bunkum - which is perhaps why we didn't do well in our history exam. I believe the expression was originally from the US. My childhood was over half a century ago, and maybe the word is in decline.

Hands up any native speakers who have ever seriously used the word 'Bunkum' in their entire lives? Very very few, if any at all. You don't need to use this word, Ameral.. This isn't an everyday word, I doubt if it has been in common usage in the last hundred years. You would do better to concentrate on the real words which people of your age actually use.

It's a VERY old-fashioned word. It shouldn't be part of your active vocabulary. You can know what it means, but you shouldn't try to use it. "Bunk" means the same thing. It's old-fashioned too, but not quite as old-fashioned. It means nonsense, but it also implies an attempt to mislead or swindle. Examples of use: "I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk."--Henry Ford, 1916 "Huh! That fad diet? It's a bunch of bunkum."

You did it (you used correctly 'bunkum' in your question) !! Anyway, what i am saying sounds like a bunkum...